JANUARY 2008 - TANDALI CRUSADE!
    Located in Karnataka, the Lord's hand was evident. But the Lord granted favor with the police, thanks to a God fearing family serving as the superintendent of police. For the first time since 2001, we had denominational churches heavily involved in organizing an evangelical crusade. A CSI and Roman Catholic church were instrumental in hosting the crusade. The grounds were provided by the Roman Catholic church, and the CSI church hosted our team for a Sunday morning service. The first night over 1,000 people attended. A local pastor Ignatius and his team led worship in the Spirit. Many were healed and delivered as the Lord spoke Words of knowledge through those ministering.

    The second night over 1,800 attended and Gideon spoke a strong salvation message. The Lord spoke through Pastor Gideon and Pastor Ignatius, calling out many by name for healing and deliverance. A man named John Peter operates a small day care for families, which the church planned to close down. John had been worried about the closure, as he would be without a job and not able to support his family. During the service, Pastor Gideon spoke the name “John Peter” and prophesied that the “Lord will take care of your future.” Between 150-200 responded for salvation. And again the Lord was merciful and healed many others.

    Sunday morning, the CSI pastor gave full freedom to the team to lead worship in his church and the place was packed as invitation was given to local churches during the previous meetings. Rev. Simon Stanley preached about the importance of family in the eyes of God, and challenged the people to make their homes places of prayer. Pastor Ignatius led the people to worship with uplifted hands and voices! Although this type of worship is not standard for the CSI church, they slowly joined in and by the end of worship were fully praising God.

    The final night over 3,000 attended and the place was standing room only. More salvations and healings followed! By the end of the meetings, those who were early skeptics were thanking the team for bringing such a great blessing to their town. The town has suffered great economic setbacks when 2 plants closed and tens of thousands left the area when their jobs were gone. Rev. Simon Stanley prophesied that the town would be blessed. The CSI pastor and other leaders involved in the crusade are faithfully serving these people. May the Lord continue to move in Tandali and multiply the seeds sown over these past few days!!!